Gitter is joining Matrix

Re:Gitter is joining Matrix by kzrdude on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:45PM (#24643608)

Can you explain the caveat? Federated identity seems to be what matrix already offers. Even if the main instance at matrix.org dominates.

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Re:Gitter is joining Matrix by 3np on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @11:00PM (#24646848)

Federated/decentralized identity is on the roadmap and being worked on - while yes, Matrix conversations and discovery are fully decentralized and federated, each account is still tied to a single homeserver through the domain (e.g. [email protected] still depends on the matrix.org homeserver to use their identity)

Arguably none of the alternatives have this quality either but I find it worth pointing out as a requirement for next-generation IM.

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Re:Gitter is joining Matrix by Arathorn on Thursday October 01, 2020 @03:03AM (#24648151)

https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/neilalexander/... is the latest work on this ftr :)

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